The Lustre [On Hold]

chapter eight

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chapter eight • clashes
Z A R A A U R O R A O U D H

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"No way on earth he said those things to Uncle!"

"Yes, ma'am. That's exactly what he said. I'm not discounting any words. All his from his mouth." Anya narrated the whole incident to Jia and Jia was purely shocked.

"That's so screwed up. No wonder this girl keeps blaming herself. No one has ever dared to talk to uncle like that."

"Exactly," I say this time with the most broken voice ever. The two of them looked at me sitting on the couch. "It's all because of me. If I hadn't met him, if I hadn't liked him, if I hadn't dated him and brought him home, none of this would've happened. As you said, no one in this country would dare to disrespect His Highness of Uttar Pradesh but I changed that fact. I allowed someone to disrespect my dad like that."

Anya sighs. "Didi, please! It's not your fault."

She sits next to me and holds me. "Stop blaming yourself."

"What're you gonna do now?" Jia pauses. "I mean, what're you gonna do with him?"

"I have nothing to do with him."

"What?" Anya squeezes her eyebrows.

"The minute he disrespected Dad, I lost everything I had with him. I didn't even know what happened to his father. He hides things from me. He wasn't even trying to impress my parents. It's like he doesn't fucking care about this relationship. Then why the fuck should I?"

"You're absolutely right, Zara. He doesn't deserve to be with you. You deserve someone who values you and your family. Not a jackass like Gael."

"Exactly, didi."

I just sigh with tears flowing down my cheeks. "I just... I never thought I'd face this situation."

Anya rubs my back. "Trust me, didi. Jia and I never liked him. We were supporting you because it's what you wanted."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Huh?" Anya squeezes her eyebrows.

"Why didn't you tell me he wasn't right?"

"What do you mean? We told you many times!" Jia says this time.

"You could've yelled at me. You could've slapped some sense in me. I was so stupid!"

Jia sits next to me. "We just wanted you to be happy. You've never shown any interest in any guys before. So, we got overwhelmed seeing you work for this relationship."

"Fuck this relationship." I cuss under my breath. "Fuck him. Fuck my life."

"Now, that's wrong. Life still goes on."

Yeah, about that, I don't think I'm ever gonna date after this traumatizing relationship. I can trust no one anymore.

I didn't even realize that it was already nighttime. Jia had to leave and I had to force Anya to go to bed. The kid has to go to school tomorrow. I locked myself in my room and sat on the edge of my bed with tears streaming down my face. But I wasn't even allowed to cry in peace. I suddenly got a phone call so I got up to check the caller.